Surrender. That's an interesting term. We tend to see all forms of surrender as negative--war, sports, highway on-ramps. You'd never hear us… — Franz Wisner Copy Share Image
“This is the very structure of sports journalism: deification and damnation, death and resurrection, failure and redemption. You succeed so you can… — Will Leitch Copy Share Image
Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I'm very flattered that the… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
I lift weights, but that's not my main focus. I'm a fighter now, and I want to evolve and make myself a… — Brock Lesnar Copy Share Image
You realize, as time goes on, there is a certain expectation now in 2018 where fans want to see cool, exciting, hard-hitting… — Adam Cole Copy Share Image
I was this guy who'd been racing around down there, on that field in 1999, running straight over people, scoring tries, winning… — Jonah Lomu Copy Share Image
I am in the fighting game. I don't care about anything else. I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics,… — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them.… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
A friend of mine who used to be my boss at ESPN once was asked why sports had exploded the way it… — Mike Lupica Copy Share Image
I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
I'm a rock climber. I really specialize in doing first ascents, and finding new routes outside, as opposed to doing competitions. I… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
I come from a very athletic family. But I didn't have the typical Jewish sports heroes. I mean, like lots of Jewish… — Bill Goldberg Copy Share Image
I wasn't the athletic kid in my family. Both of my brothers were on athletic scholarships and my dad played semi-pro hockey.… — Trevor McNevan Copy Share Image
My dad always wanted me to be faster and he wanted to give me strength in my muscles. He let me run… — Timo Werner Copy Share Image
Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
[T]he Super Bowl, the quintessential American creation. A dizzying mélange of brilliant entrepreneurship in an atmosphere of intense competition. It is the… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
It feels silly to watch endless hours of winter sports every four years, when we never watch them any other time, and… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
There's very few of us who are able to be successful, which is why so many guys out of college can't continue… — Jonathan Horton Copy Share Image
Fishing in a bucket. The total hopelessness of the activity was very soothing. It was the perfect sport. Without the emotional stresses… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
I'm a big golfer, so in the offseason, that's all I do - golf and play basketball. But during the season, I… — Mike Conley Jr Copy Share Image
Part of the experience of enjoying a tennis match on TV is listening to the observations of an expert commentator -- one… — Dave McPherson Copy Share Image
[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
I have finished games where I have hardly touched the ball, yet reached the dressing room dead on my feet. You think… — Victor Valdes Copy Share Image
It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It's been a big flaw of ours in the soccer department that a lot of our best athletes go and play other… — Christian Pulisic Copy Share Image
I have always been a movie buff and had no interest in any games and sports. I do not even watch cricket,… — Fatima Sana Shaikh Copy Share Image
I felt that there were so many things that could go wrong, in adapting The Hunger Games , and I had this… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
I've come to the conclusion that it's all about fear- fear that your kid won't come out on top, be a success.… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a little boy, I had my eyes set on being able to say I was a professional athlete.… — Colton Underwood Copy Share Image
Marked by a virulent notion of hardness and aggressive masculinity, a culture of violence has become commonplace in a society in which… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I have really good legs for jumping. I have terrible ankles for landing. I wasn't as good fundamentally as John Stockton or… — Rex Chapman Copy Share Image
Competition, it means different things to different people. But whether its a friendly rivalry or a fight to the death, the end… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do?… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
“The enormous salaries paid to sports stars and entertainers lead people to believe that they are the most important people in our… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
We come from a rich history of amazing sports and athletes here in Canada and there's been a long legacy before us… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
“On 4 June 1924, an advertisement was sent to Madrid-based newspaper, La Libertad, that read: ‘The new sports group, El Rayo, wants… — Robbie Dunne Copy Share Image
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